Expressions don't work in python dict config about openlane2 HOT 4 CLOSED

This is by design- the intent is, if you're writing your dict in Python, there's no need for the expression engine. I'm open to discussing this though.

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So my use case for it here is when building the top level. Some of the variable are provided from the default project as "Don't touch theses" (so that the result is "caravel compatible") and so I load those from a .json file and then add some other custom/dynamic config (like macro and such) programatically.

But those "don't touch" config do include expressions ...

So at least having an option to enable expression parsing / expansion would be nice.

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That does make sense.

I'll look into it.

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They should work now- but I'll still go ahead and advise against it in scenarios other than precisely this.

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